Senate Extends Tax Cuts for 18 Months Amid Debate
The Senate approved an 18 month extension of the $15 billion annual individual tax cut package. The measure would keep most Americans in the top income tax bracket through December 31. An amendment by Sen. James B. Allen added the extension, while a separate vote kept full state and local gasoline tax deductions, with a proposed cap above $50 a year. The package would impact a four member family earning 15 000 and a single person earning 8000, and could affect a 6000 yearly family by 445 in lost credits if not renewed. The Finance Committee opened hearings on alleged special interests influencing the bill, yet no reversal on amendments was seen.
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Washington
Senate
House
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Senate Finance Committee
Allen
Vikings Mars Landing Marks First Soft Touchdown on Mars
AP reports the Viking spacecraft achieved history’s first soft landing on Mars, touchdown on a boulder strewn plain near Chryse. Images show a desert like landscape. scientists describe wind moved soil and possible lava flow remnants, with life-detection experiments planned for eight days.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Mars
Noel Hinners
Space Agency
Jet Propulsion
Earth
Chryse
Arizona
Mexico
Alan Binder
Binder
Lander
Carl Sagan
Cornell University
Ford Gains Delegates as Reagan Loses Ground in South
Ford drew delegates in two southern states while Reagan benefited from Strom Thurmond’s endorsement in California. AP tally showed 1,082 Ford, 1,024 Reagan, 152 uncommitted, with Ford gaining 16 new delegates on Tuesday and several moves from uncommitted to Ford, shifting momentum toward Kansas City.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Kansas City
Associated Press
John Sears
Reagan
Howard H. Baker Jr
Thurmond
Commuter Flights Approved by Mercer County Airport Authority
The Mercer County Airport Authority informally approved a contract with AeroMech Commuter Airlines for daily non stop flights from Mercer County Airport to Pittsburgh with possible stops at Morgantown. A Beckley to Mercer route was also mentioned as part of the plan. A three member committee was formed to study the proposal in detail.
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Jim Terry
Mercer County
Pittsburgh
Morgantown
Beckley
Here
Lee Castro
AeroMech
Castro
Authority
Bill Kell
O. D. (Bus) Compton
Ron Satterfield
Reagan gains in Virginia and South Carolina delegates
Five Virginia delegates including Lt Gov John Dalton shift to Ford, and three uncommitted South Carolina delegates follow. Virginia delegate Paul Johnson cites Ford’s steady approach as Reagan supporters falter. Dalton says Ford offers the party its best chance in November as Kansas City moves toward the nomination tally.
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Reagan
South
Sears
Ford
Virginia
John Dalton
South Carolina
Paul Johnson
Dalton
Nathan Miller
Harrisonburg
Mills Godwin
Kansas City
Gover
Supreme Court Overturns Pendry Murder Conviction
West Virginia Supreme Court reverses Pendry second degree murder verdict, orders new trial in McDowell County. The 41 decision, written by Justice Donald Wilson, adopts Mullaney guidance on jury instructions and burdens of proof for proving premeditation and malice. Justice Flowers dissented without reserving right to file. Pendry’s retrial set in McDowell Circuit Court after prior ruling remanded on jury instruction issues.
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State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Parker L. Pendry
McDowell County
Donald Wilson
Edwin Flowers
West Virginia
Pendry
Cecil Hagerman
Ilson
Mullaney
Wilson
Supreme Court
McDowell County Intermediate Court
McDowell
Maine
U. S
Motorist Shot In Police Chase Ends High Speed Pursuit
A 38 year old man, John Edward Carter Jr, was shot four times during a highway chase after ramming a state trooper’s car and attempting to shoot two officers near Montevideo Greene County. Carter, injured in the exchange, faces felonious assault and attempted malicious wounding charges with bonds set at $20,000 on each count.
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Harrisonburg
John Edward Carter Jr
Carter
Stanardsville
U. S. 33
Greene County
ABC
D. F. Hardesty
Rockingham County
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Montevideo
Here
David Laker
J. C. Wilfong
Henry County
Brother Held Despite Confession in Maine Holdup Case
In Augusta Maine state officials consider commuting John McDonough's 22 to 25 year sentence after his look alike brother Patrick confessed to the March 1 1974 P and J store holdup in Portland Patrick’s latest confession was made before Governor James B Longley and the Maine Executive Council They stress the governor council only judge rehabilitation and readiness for release not innocence or guilt
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Augusta
Maine
Patrick
John McDonough
John
James B. Longley
Maine Executive Council
Tives
Candice
P&j
Portland
Supreme Judicial Court
Longley
Council
Peter Joyce
Joyce
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